diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2c6099b3..9fc6d19a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		<maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 		<main.basedir>${basedir}</main.basedir>
 		<docs.main>${project.artifactId}</docs.main>
-		<spring-boot.version>2.2.0.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+		<spring-boot.version>2.2.0.RC1</spring-boot.version>
 		<spring-cloud-build.version>2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-build.version>
 		<docs.resources.dir>${project.build.directory}/build-docs</docs.resources.dir>
 		<refdocs.build.directory>${project.build.directory}/refdocs/</refdocs.build.directory>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-build-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-build-dependencies/pom.xml
index 217eab84..4818d399 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-build-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-build-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0.RELEASE</version>
+		<version>2.2.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<spring-boot.version>2.2.0.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+		<spring-boot.version>2.2.0.RC1</spring-boot.version>
 	</properties>
 	<distributionManagement>
 		<downloadUrl>https://github.com/spring-cloud</downloadUrl>